A Birmingham oblong enamel snuff box, transfer painted and painted with Venus mourning for Adonis, the sides painted in rust with trelliswork incorporating scallopshells and flowerheads, waved and engraved gilt metal mounts, circa 1751 - 1756; the interior painted with Clytie and Helios; the scenes after F S Ravenet.

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A Birmingham oblong enamel snuff box, transfer painted and painted with Venus mourning for Adonis, the sides painted in rust with trelliswork incorporating scallopshells and flowerheads, waved and engraved gilt metal mounts, circa 1751 - 1756; the interior painted with Clytie and Helios; the scenes after F S Ravenet.
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Similar examples in E Mew, Battersea Enamels, 1926, Fig. 26 and Plate V, interior Fig. 52; also in the Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection.

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